Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office August 3, 1998
Appointed by
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
J. Clifford Wallace
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
In office December 26, 1995 – August 3, 1998
Appointed by
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
David Vreeland Kenyon
Succeeded by
Percy Anderson
Personal details
Born
Kim Anita McLane
(1954-07-02) July 2, 1954 (age 69) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
William Wardlaw
Children
2
Parent
Soledad Jiménez McLane (mother)
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)
Kim Anita McLane Wardlaw (born July 2, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1998. She is the first Hispanic American woman to be appointed to a federal appeals court.[1] Wardlaw was considered as a possible candidate to be nominated by Barack Obama to the Supreme Court of the United States.[2][3]
^Hansen, Amelia (March 7, 2007). "Profile: Judge Kim Wardlaw". ms-jd.org. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
^Jess Bravin, Barack Obama: The Present Is Prologue, The Wall Street Journal (October 7, 2008).
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